Guest Beau Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my display doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at either 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know if that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Display Settings Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com... >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my >display > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at > either > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know > if > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??
Guest Beau Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Display Settings "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition > to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay > you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display settings? > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com... > >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my > >display > > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at > > either > > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it > > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know > > if > > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues?? > >
Guest lb Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Display Settings Beau wrote: > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > > > Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition > > to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay > > you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE. > > > > -- > > Gary S. Terhune > > It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display settings? > > MS-MVP Shell/User > > http://www.grystmill.com > > > > "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com... > > >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my > > >display > > > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at > > > either > > > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it > > > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know > > > if > > > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues?? > > > > You will need to find out what type of video card is installed. Your machine should have come with a drivers disk but maybe you cannot find it. You could try Belarc Advisor as this tells you a lot about your system including installed hardware, but I am not sure where it gets the information. It might report a "Generic" display driver as that. The literature that came with the computer should say. You did not mention if you did a clean install or a repair install (on top of the old). If you can find out the brand of the card or onboard chip you can find drivers for it on the internet. g/l
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Display Settings Go here and get the video drivers (and any of the rest that apply) and install them according to instructions. http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=W98&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PNT_CP&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en TinyURL = http://tinyurl.com/2col4z (if the above link doesn't work for you.) If you're not sure what is in your system,, get Everest 2.02 and run it. The app is no longer widely available, so you can download it from my private site. http://grystmill.com/shared/everesthome220.exe It should tell you the make/model of a component. Note that your video is almost certainly a "NeoMagic" NM2160, because Dell only provides those drivers, and because they seldom shipped more than one model of video adapter in any particular model of laptop. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D14272E1-8662-480C-A5F3-F1FB0B95631D@microsoft.com... > > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in >> addition >> to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll >> lay >> you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE. >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune > > It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display > settings? >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com... >> >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my >> >display >> > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at >> > either >> > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess >> > it >> > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't >> > know >> > if >> > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues?? >> >>
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